Jen's Reviews > Enjoy Your Stay

"Enjoy Your Stay" is book #2 of the Sugartown series. I loved the first book in the series; but unfortunately this one fell short for me in so many ways. Most of them are personal, and I am sure there are a lot of readers who may fall in love with Jackson and Holly. I was able to give it two stars mainly because I do think Carmen Jenner is a great writer, and I do wish to continue on with this series as well as her spin-off one. I also did enjoy some of the humor in this book. There were more than a few one liners that had me highlighting just so I could go back and have a laugh!

My biggest complaint with this story was the hero and the heroine. Considering they are the stars of this book, it makes for a very frustrating read. A very brief summary is that Holly is pregnant with her exes kid, and she lives with the couple from Book one as well as Jackson who is the hero. Well, these two are basically screw buddies who can't seem to stand one another. Somewhere along the way they fall for each other. Unfortunately this does not mean that we have a ton of meaningful and romantic scenes; instead we have them fighting their feelings for one another. Jackson often says horrible and hurtful things to Holly, and I could maybe forgive him for that eventually; however when he ends up (view spoiler)[ bringing a woman home so that Holly can witness them having sex....He has lost all of my respect and he won't ever get it back. (hide spoiler)]
There is a whole host of situations that Holly and Jackson do to one another, and I just ended up becoming emotionally detached from their relationship because of it. I can honestly say this is the first time that I have come across a book where I just couldn't care less what happens to the couple. There were no warm fuzzies for me, and I just hope that the next book in the series will be better. I am actually glad that I am done now and just want to move on!!